A young gamer hanged himself when he developed tinnitus after listening to music through Bose headphones, an inquest heard.

Daniel Derricutt, 24, told a pal he suffered sleepless nights due to the constant ringing in his ears - which he believed was caused by the earphones, the inquest heard.

Last November 29, Daniel who was studying an Open University computer science course was found hanged by a friend at the home he owned with his brother in Crewe, Cheshire following concerns about his welfare.

It emerged he had sold the headphones just a month after buying them - but had been complaining the hearing condition continued to affect him like a "nagging toothache."

The Crewe hearing was told Daniel had been a gaming fan and loved listening to music. His best friend Joshua Johnson said: "He would play Team Fortress 2.

"We used to have game parties, where a group of us would get together with our laptops and play games.

Daniel told a pal he suffered sleepless nights due to the constant ringing in his ears (Image: Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd)

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"We hung out together a lot. He enjoyed his work. He was ambitious and driven. He loved programming.

"We were learning German together at evening classes with a view to going to Berlin or the Formula 1 races one day and speaking it conversationally. That was the goal.

"He did have issues with his tinnitus . He said he had this ringing in his ears and it was annoying. He described it like a toothache, sort of a nagging pain. It didn't start until he got some Bose headphones. He said that's what had caused his ears to ring and he sold them a month after he got them. This was in May.

"Other earphones were fine and he didn't listen to particularly loud music. I didn't know he was having sleep problems, he just looked tired sometimes. He was well liked by all of his friends.

"The last time I saw him we watched a TV programme together and ordered a pizza then he moseyed off home. I've gone over it in my head, over and over again, and there was no signs at all, he showed no intention to end his life and appeared to be fine."

Daniel's father Frederick Derricutt said: "We had a great relationship. I spent a lot of time with him over the last two years helping his renovate his house. We were two weeks off from completing it.

"He lived with his brother Alex who went off to university in September 2017, he was fine about that. They both owned the property between them so he was fine. He spent a lot of time with his friend Josh, he had his own room at his house. They went to the cinemas, they went to London, played video games together, he had a lot of people around him and always saw his friends at the weekend.

"He worked in marketing and IT and he was doing a computer science course with Open University. He loved his work and wanted to get the qualifications to improve.

"Daniel had an eye condition, his eye balls were pyramid shaped and would often change shape, making it difficult and uncomfortable when he had contacts, but we were told they would stabilise by the time he reached 30.

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"He also had tinnitus and that distressed him. It was keeping him awake at night, he was down in the dumps about it. He wasn't one to cause a fuss about something so he kept it to himself.

"The last time I saw him was at a family Christening on 26th November he said he was ill because he was so tired. He looked really tired, more than normal.

"He was very driven. He would go to work then come home and do uni work, then go and see his friends. After the Christening I dropped Alex off at the house and we checked on Daniel, I asked him if he was alright, he just said "I'm tired" and he went back to bed.

"He didn't have any mental health issues, he never took drugs or smoked and he never expressed any thoughts of self harm or suicide. It was a complete shock."

The hearing was told Daniel left no suicide note and tests showed no drugs or alcohol in his system.

Recording a conclusion of suicide, Coroner Adam Fullwood said: "Whilst there is no evidence at all that he was self harming or considering taking his own life, on that day I believe he did have the intention to take his own life.

"We will never know why. This is a devastating and tragic case. I want to express my sincere condolences to all of his friends and family and wish you the best in moving forward."

MirrorOnline has contacted Bose for comment.

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